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if harry reid kills that harry reid is responsible. >> bill: conservative republican senator ted cruz under fire from his own party and things are getting pretty vinchts analysis with karl rove. [gunfire. >> horrifying terror attack in cane i can't, once again fanatical muslims killing innocent civilians. why are they doing that? we will tell you. >> you organize a protest against a general that was disgusting and despicable and you seem t
if harry reid kills that harry reid is responsible. >> bill: conservative republican senator ted cruz under fire from his own party and things are getting pretty vinchts analysis with karl rove. [gunfire. >> horrifying terror attack in cane i can't, once again fanatical muslims killing innocent civilians. why are they doing that? we will tell you. >> you organize a protest against a general that was disgusting and despicable and you seem t
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we heard from mitch mcconnell and harry reid. if you look back and the rate of approval in terms of nominees comparing to the george w bush administration, what does it look like? >> president obama's nominees have seen a wait time of around 140 days. under george w. bush, those same nominees saw a wait time about a quarter of that amount. for district nominees, they have waited around 100 days. three times the wait time of george w. bush's nominees. you have seen significantly longer wait time from court approval. the difference was the senate democrats had it different strategy mixing the process up. they would try to hurt the nominee's chances before they even got to committee. when harry reid went on to the floor in the midst of this nuclear debate, they talked about how half of the cloture motions have come under president obama's term. which is a startling statistic. i think from 1917 through 1960, only 4 cloture motions were ever invoked the past 13 years. were ever invoked. the past 13 years, the number is 280. >> these n
we heard from mitch mcconnell and harry reid. if you look back and the rate of approval in terms of nominees comparing to the george w bush administration, what does it look like? >> president obama's nominees have seen a wait time of around 140 days. under george w. bush, those same nominees saw a wait time about a quarter of that amount. for district nominees, they have waited around 100 days. three times the wait time of george w. bush's nominees. you have seen significantly longer...
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this is not a way to govern, there's glowing momentum for harry reid to act. even vice president joe biden said it's worth considering the nuclear option. and today, both barbara boxer and dianne fienstein join a growing number of senate democrats in support of the nuclear option. harry reid today said once again he is actively weighing the nuclear option. >> one of the leading advocates of filibuster reform. your mission if you choose to accept it, to convince me that this is not groundhog day. we played some tape of, says this has spent the majority leader's patient and we're going to -- >> we have had a lot of sentiment in the senate that we should try to restore the social contract. but unfortunately, each time we think we have that understanding, it's deeply abused and certainly in january of this year, mitch mcconnell promised and i quote, a return to the norms and traditions of the senate nominations. >> why would anyone think he was telling the truth? everyone who saw that who's been following this, knows that's the thing he says before swiftly embarki
this is not a way to govern, there's glowing momentum for harry reid to act. even vice president joe biden said it's worth considering the nuclear option. and today, both barbara boxer and dianne fienstein join a growing number of senate democrats in support of the nuclear option. harry reid today said once again he is actively weighing the nuclear option. >> one of the leading advocates of filibuster reform. your mission if you choose to accept it, to convince me that this is not...
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where exactly it goes from there depends on what harry reid pushes. if what reid will do is gut the house bill, if what he'll try to do is take this out, not let us have amendments but put in only his amendment to strip the defunding language we have to oppose it. >> it goes back to the house and then what? >> we keep fighting and the house does something. the house helps us. we help the house. we have to stand behind the house to show the american people we are standing with them. we'll do what we can to protect them from obamacare. >> news out of the irs tonight. the official at the center of the scandal lois lerner after a summer of being paid administrative leave is retiring. the same lois lerner who pleaded the 5th. >> i have not done anything wrong. i have not broken any laws. i have not violated any irs )+÷; rules or regulations and i have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. after very careful consideration i have decided to follow my counsel's advice and not testify or answer any of the questions today
where exactly it goes from there depends on what harry reid pushes. if what reid will do is gut the house bill, if what he'll try to do is take this out, not let us have amendments but put in only his amendment to strip the defunding language we have to oppose it. >> it goes back to the house and then what? >> we keep fighting and the house does something. the house helps us. we help the house. we have to stand behind the house to show the american people we are standing with them....
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we heard from mitch mcconnell and harry reid. if you look back and the rate of approval in terms of nominees comparing to the george w bush administration, what does it it look like? >> president obama's nominees have seen a wait time of around 140 days. under george w. bush, those same nominees saw a wait time about a quarter of that amount. for district nominees, they have waited around 100 days. three times the weight time of george w. bush's nominees. you have seen significantly longer wait time from court approval. the difference was the senate democrats had it different strategy mixing the process up. they would try to hurt the nominee's chances before they even got to committee. when harry reid went on to the floor in the midst of this nuclear debate, they talked about how half of the cloture motions have come under president obama's term. which is a startling statistic. i think only for cloture motions were ever invoked the past 13 years. >> these nominees were on the floor and they had to bring this to a vote? >> right.
we heard from mitch mcconnell and harry reid. if you look back and the rate of approval in terms of nominees comparing to the george w bush administration, what does it it look like? >> president obama's nominees have seen a wait time of around 140 days. under george w. bush, those same nominees saw a wait time about a quarter of that amount. for district nominees, they have waited around 100 days. three times the weight time of george w. bush's nominees. you have seen significantly...
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they really are allowing harry reid to do the work on the president's behalf. harry reid, the leader of the senate democrats. so right now this is a senate show. john boehner, the speaker of the house, is a bystander, and the president of the united states is somewhat of a bystander to see can the senate create a bipartisan deal. and brian, i feel like i'm being repetitive here. but this is going to look -- this feels like it's looking a lot like what happened at the end of 2012 when that big tax deal where the white house and the speaker of the house couldn't come to an agreement, and they had to let the senate do the work. now, if this senate deal goes into effect, realize this, brian. it only keeps the government open until january 15th. the debt limit until february 15th. so what does that really mean? you and i both know that it's very possible on january 14th we're having the same conversation about wondering whether the government is going to shut down again, whether these republicans and the white house can get on the same page and do a big, large budge
they really are allowing harry reid to do the work on the president's behalf. harry reid, the leader of the senate democrats. so right now this is a senate show. john boehner, the speaker of the house, is a bystander, and the president of the united states is somewhat of a bystander to see can the senate create a bipartisan deal. and brian, i feel like i'm being repetitive here. but this is going to look -- this feels like it's looking a lot like what happened at the end of 2012 when that big...
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so harry reid has no interest in negotiating, the president has no interest in negotiating. they have an interesting lecture republicans and preparing to take the blame. gerri: cc this kind of thing happen and it is no wonder these two sides can't talk to each other. to you about the economic consequences. the president saying today that setting down the government for any amount of time with terror ranch into a recovery. what do you say to that? >> well, let's not throw a wrench into the recovery. he talked about how people are going to miss mortgage payments and car payments and things of that start. the markets as the golan. the debate that the debate. what happens next. if 20 guys on the right kind of move the conference in their direction by threatening to bring anything he does down, why don't we try to do the same thing. threatening yes. we will see how it goes, but one other problem republicans have is that they are not united, not the house and not in the senate. if there is shut down you will see probably ten to 15 senate republicans blaming house republicans. agai
so harry reid has no interest in negotiating, the president has no interest in negotiating. they have an interesting lecture republicans and preparing to take the blame. gerri: cc this kind of thing happen and it is no wonder these two sides can't talk to each other. to you about the economic consequences. the president saying today that setting down the government for any amount of time with terror ranch into a recovery. what do you say to that? >> well, let's not throw a wrench into the...
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"yesterday harry reid promised to move a gunboat to the floor, but it is unclear which one. it depends on if democrats can strike a deal on background checks, otherwise there is a less strict bill that includes some type of background checks and increased penalties for gun trafficking with increased sick -- increased school security. the senator has said he would require a 60 vote margin for the bill." this headline, "a new gop voice in the gun talks," pat to me from pennsylvania, "who spent most of his last few years focusing on fiscal issues, but is now in discussions on fiscal issues and expanding background checks on gun purchases just as ."her talks appear to fizzle more details on that inside "the wall street journal." susan, good morning. caller: how are you doing? host: fine, thank you. caller: we are barely out of iraq, ramping up in north korea. at this time it is time for new taxes. they need to be based on wealth. this will allow us to drop the taxes on corporations. host: ok. caller: thank you. host: thank you for the call. joe, highland park, new york. independ
"yesterday harry reid promised to move a gunboat to the floor, but it is unclear which one. it depends on if democrats can strike a deal on background checks, otherwise there is a less strict bill that includes some type of background checks and increased penalties for gun trafficking with increased sick -- increased school security. the senator has said he would require a 60 vote margin for the bill." this headline, "a new gop voice in the gun talks," pat to me from...
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and you've had senator harry reid say that it's actually just a step on the road to single payer, which makes a lot of democrats very nervous. what you're going to see is some discussion about whether the individual mandate in obama care could be delayed the way that president obama unilaterally delayed the employer matching. >> take a look at this new fox news poll. let's not forget, midterms not that far away. 57% of voters say obama care, the implementation, is a joke. not that it's going fine. they must, i imagine, be paying attention to this on both sides of the aisle. they want to keep their jobs. >> absolutely. there's a couple of deadlines to look at here. one, october 1st. not very far away. the obama care exchanges are supposed to be up and running. and i think by all accounts, the administration is pretty far behind on this. and you're going to have significant worries about whether it's just -- it really is this train wreck. people will go online to these exchanges. they won't be there. it won't work. it will be a bad experience for a lot of people. then on january 1st the w
and you've had senator harry reid say that it's actually just a step on the road to single payer, which makes a lot of democrats very nervous. what you're going to see is some discussion about whether the individual mandate in obama care could be delayed the way that president obama unilaterally delayed the employer matching. >> take a look at this new fox news poll. let's not forget, midterms not that far away. 57% of voters say obama care, the implementation, is a joke. not that it's...
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i was one of the people who were pushing harry reid to go january of this year. we spoke to liberal folks and all we are going to get that. and we did. the agreement he had was that he would do the nuclear option but the republicans would filibuster. they have filibustered everything since then. what can he do? there is nothing left for him to do. the heritage foundation left out everything but the republican talking points. if you want to listen to that and c-span wanted you to -- i hope c-span charges heritage. they would go on the street at 12:00 and c-span will show up with cameras. host: we will get a response. sarah binder. guest: , picked up on what we saw on the floor last week -- the caller picks up on what we saw on the floor last week. senator reid has been frustrated that the changes did not go up. they believe the minority has not kept its side of the bargain, which would be to suspend filibusters in occasions with these are not extraordinary circumstances. that are driving it to the brink to say he is going to go through with a compromise. he feels
i was one of the people who were pushing harry reid to go january of this year. we spoke to liberal folks and all we are going to get that. and we did. the agreement he had was that he would do the nuclear option but the republicans would filibuster. they have filibustered everything since then. what can he do? there is nothing left for him to do. the heritage foundation left out everything but the republican talking points. if you want to listen to that and c-span wanted you to -- i hope...
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senator harry reid is furious with the gop but will any of this affect stocks and the economy? and syria has missed one deadline to give the u.n. an inventory of its chemical weapons. the second deadline is coming saturday. are they going to cheat and retreat once again? john kerry is pressing the russians to finish a u.n. deal on syria that has real military teeth. all those stories and much more coming up on "the kudlow report" beginning right now. >>> good evening everyone i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report". the house is expected to approve a short term spending bill tomorrow. it will lock in the sequester savings and defund medicare. democrats warn the republicans are forcing a government shutdown. it could be 11 days away. let's get the very latest from nbc's steve handelsman who joining us us live from washington, d.c. >> reporter: the plan tomorrow is to defund obama care and john boehner is pushing it. he's the one who has said that he was opposed to any notion of a so-called government shutdown, and any notion of a government debt default. boehner lost an in
senator harry reid is furious with the gop but will any of this affect stocks and the economy? and syria has missed one deadline to give the u.n. an inventory of its chemical weapons. the second deadline is coming saturday. are they going to cheat and retreat once again? john kerry is pressing the russians to finish a u.n. deal on syria that has real military teeth. all those stories and much more coming up on "the kudlow report" beginning right now. >>> good evening everyone...
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even late yesterday mitch mcconnell in harry reid during negotiations over this. harry could force this on the senate by a majority vote instead of two thirds because he's already had 67 to change the rule. but if it does, democrats will rule the day when they impose those because they will find out by so many who have never been in the minority since two thick selection sweeps by the democrat will find out the pictures turned this thing thing into the house and its leaders can jam through -- parties can jam through anything they
even late yesterday mitch mcconnell in harry reid during negotiations over this. harry could force this on the senate by a majority vote instead of two thirds because he's already had 67 to change the rule. but if it does, democrats will rule the day when they impose those because they will find out by so many who have never been in the minority since two thick selection sweeps by the democrat will find out the pictures turned this thing thing into the house and its leaders can jam through --...
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but it failed mostly because harry reid called a cloture vote. over, some of the issues take a long time to marinate. that that as people thought it through, i think they realize it's not having a good comprehensive immigration policy is hurting us economically and it's not the right thing to do. it's time to solve it. i admire everyone for coming to the table. but i want to make a point. what rand paul is saying is contrast to gang of eight. his idea is security first, legalization and then citizenship. gang of eight put forward legalization, security and then citizenship. that seems like you could find a compromise, but that is a big leap between security and legalization piece and flipping them. >> andrea: what do you think, eric? >> eric: rand paul opened up a can of whoop-ass on the hill and they were flooded with calls say dog you care to weigh in on rand paul's idea? he threw people for a loop. he came out with an idea at one point he said leads to path of citizenship, which is different from a lot of things they say and has been proposed
but it failed mostly because harry reid called a cloture vote. over, some of the issues take a long time to marinate. that that as people thought it through, i think they realize it's not having a good comprehensive immigration policy is hurting us economically and it's not the right thing to do. it's time to solve it. i admire everyone for coming to the table. but i want to make a point. what rand paul is saying is contrast to gang of eight. his idea is security first, legalization and then...
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i'm told that democrats harry reid, hoyer reached out to republicans. the democrats' view they are clarifying that part of obamacare they are also going to keep the great benefits they already have. >> paul: the subsidies that flows through the federal program which a great program would continue under the exchanges because the healthcare exchange is supposed to keep all the healthcare. if you got it, you can keep it. now people are saying the insurance and the exchanges will be medicaid plus which sounds a lot less inviting? >> right. that is what the insurers are privately calling very high cost. not the benefits that members of congress have gotten used to over the years. this idea this is just a technical glitch, we're making a fix here, the entire bill is one long technical glitch. the idea that they are going to force this on the public without taking responsibility for the consequences i think is going to harm this even more. >> paul: i can't understand why john boehner would consider this. i remember 1994 when the republicans took the house this
i'm told that democrats harry reid, hoyer reached out to republicans. the democrats' view they are clarifying that part of obamacare they are also going to keep the great benefits they already have. >> paul: the subsidies that flows through the federal program which a great program would continue under the exchanges because the healthcare exchange is supposed to keep all the healthcare. if you got it, you can keep it. now people are saying the insurance and the exchanges will be medicaid...
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now if harry reid to bail out and maybe, maybe we'll get things back on track. this week, defense secretary chuck hagel said there that syria used chemical weapons against its people. that is important. president obama said if chemical weapons were used that would be a game changer. here is the president friday on the new revelation. >> i have been clear publicly and privately for the syrian government to utilize chemical weapons, on its people, crosses a line that changes how the united states will approach these issues. so, you know, this is not an on or off switch. it is an ongoing challenge that all of us have to be concerned about. >> you know, i come to realize something. every time president obama said i want to make something clear, he doesn't make it very clear. it is ineffable when he said let me be clear. be prepared you see a fog coming over. here is a president who took the initiative in saying that if there is chemical withins that is a game changer and a red line and we'll really do something. in all of this, the president reminds me of the united
now if harry reid to bail out and maybe, maybe we'll get things back on track. this week, defense secretary chuck hagel said there that syria used chemical weapons against its people. that is important. president obama said if chemical weapons were used that would be a game changer. here is the president friday on the new revelation. >> i have been clear publicly and privately for the syrian government to utilize chemical weapons, on its people, crosses a line that changes how the united...
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harry reid had heavy nra backing the last few campaigns. is it really that surprising that they pulled it at this stage? >> yeah, to me personally, it really is. i would have thought after what we saw happen in connecticut that it -- that there would have been -- it would not have been as difficult. if you're sitting back and watching this and you look, for example, at the headline that you just showed us earlier with all of the pictures of those children that were literally slaughtered, most numbers of the american public have to be saying this is an absolute travesty. what is so difficult about this? why is it that there is a belief in our country that you need to have these type of weapons at home? quite clearly this person could not have slaughtered all the children if you didn't have an assault weapon. >> the politics are very tough, john. you have red state democrats in louisiana, arkansas, alaska, they don't want to touch an assault weapons ban with a ten foot pole. >> and i think it was a big part of the democratic strategy in '06 w
harry reid had heavy nra backing the last few campaigns. is it really that surprising that they pulled it at this stage? >> yeah, to me personally, it really is. i would have thought after what we saw happen in connecticut that it -- that there would have been -- it would not have been as difficult. if you're sitting back and watching this and you look, for example, at the headline that you just showed us earlier with all of the pictures of those children that were literally slaughtered,...
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reid is going to actually reform the filibuster it's absolutely crucial for harry reid to take senator jeff merkley advice and pass strong filibuster reform real filibuster reform so it helps to call your senator and put the pressure on him or to her as well but don't just call and say i want to filibuster reform because you know harry reid says well i got something called a filibuster reform and at the same time you've got john mccain out there saying all i got something called filibuster reform but none of them would block republicans from blowing up legislation or from stopping legislation the only one that we defectively do that is the plan that's been put forward by tom udall jeff merkley elizabeth warren and you need to call both your senators. plus you live in d.c. in which case you can call any center you want may want to call so speaker or leader reid actually if you live in d.c. otherwise call both your senators and tell them that you support the talking filibuster proposal of jeff merkley because without that without forcing republicans to put their money where their mouth i
reid is going to actually reform the filibuster it's absolutely crucial for harry reid to take senator jeff merkley advice and pass strong filibuster reform real filibuster reform so it helps to call your senator and put the pressure on him or to her as well but don't just call and say i want to filibuster reform because you know harry reid says well i got something called a filibuster reform and at the same time you've got john mccain out there saying all i got something called filibuster...
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and the reason that harry reid, this is the best clip that we've at theed for harry reid. this is smart for the democrats to try to create a universal appeal on the budget. let's take a look. >> our power for an agreement will take a balanced approach to reduce spending. i urge the republicans to join us to do the difficult, but necessary work at hand. if there is a message to take away from this year's election, it is this, americans are tired of politics and position, they're tired of obstruction, and distraction. the american people, democrats and republicans, want cooperation, reconciliation. i urge any of my republican colleagues who are considering the same strategy of obstruction to turn away from the divisions of the past and join cooperation, compromise and consensus. >> sean: all right, the problem is, he doesn't mean it, that sounded like obama, obama doesn't mean it either. they say that and then the president goes out and say that republicans want to stab, punch, kick, and hang and throw granny over the cliff. >> except there's a reason why the democrats have
and the reason that harry reid, this is the best clip that we've at theed for harry reid. this is smart for the democrats to try to create a universal appeal on the budget. let's take a look. >> our power for an agreement will take a balanced approach to reduce spending. i urge the republicans to join us to do the difficult, but necessary work at hand. if there is a message to take away from this year's election, it is this, americans are tired of politics and position, they're tired of...
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you know harry reid pretty well. comes from your state. how much longer do you think he's going to stick around as the majority leader in the senate? >> hasn't indicated to me one way or another. my opinion of harry, he's going to stick around as long as the electorate wil keep him there. he already indicated he wants to run in the next election a couple years from now. harry is a fighter. that's just his nature. he enjoys what he's doing. >> could you also quickly weigh in on the fight going on in new jersey? the lawsuit against new jersey trying to legalize sports betting and join nevada in that ranks. what do you think? >> well, of course, we in nevada prefer monopolies when we're the beneficiaries of monopolies. >> we all do. we all do. >> i think the nfl and ncaa would agree with you. >> yes. that's, of course, whbeen one o the limitations we have to experience by having sports betting, mayor sports franchises and ncaa tournaments stay away from us because of sports betting. new jersey would have that if they were successful in obtain
you know harry reid pretty well. comes from your state. how much longer do you think he's going to stick around as the majority leader in the senate? >> hasn't indicated to me one way or another. my opinion of harry, he's going to stick around as long as the electorate wil keep him there. he already indicated he wants to run in the next election a couple years from now. harry is a fighter. that's just his nature. he enjoys what he's doing. >> could you also quickly weigh in on the...
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"the new york times" reports dianne feinstein stormed from harry reid's office monday when she was informed that her ban would not be included in the bill. the measure never had a chance citing lobbying and the nra and concerns from both parties doubt about the impact on stopping gun violence and lack of support from the gun safety groups like that of former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. instead of imposing new regulations, republicans are calling for existing laws to be enforced. >> do you think background checks and improving background checks will be part of that? >> they should actually do a real background check on everyone. and maybe the department of justice ought to enforce the law. >> still vice president joe biden one of the main advocates on a ban on military style rifles says he believes most americans agree with him. >> the competing budget plans are mild apart but at least there is not a government shutdown to worry about, at least for a while. the senate passed a bill to keep federal agencies funded through the end of september. round of applause. the rare bipartisan comp
"the new york times" reports dianne feinstein stormed from harry reid's office monday when she was informed that her ban would not be included in the bill. the measure never had a chance citing lobbying and the nra and concerns from both parties doubt about the impact on stopping gun violence and lack of support from the gun safety groups like that of former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. instead of imposing new regulations, republicans are calling for existing laws to be enforced....
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take a listen to rachel maddow. >> wow, harry reid, yeah. this is the day everybody was looking forward to in terms of changing how the senate operate and if you hear sad trombones, that's why. after the months, years of promises this time he was going to do it. but hey. at least we'll be able to see them get nothing done faster now. >> all right. so i had a chance to talk with ed schultz in hi hour disappointed saying if it's up to mitch mcconnell he would have done this in a hot minute and left harry reid in the dust to make it happen. >> that's the argument of progressives. the counter argument is not just too long ago harry reid senate minority leader and george w. bush began the second term as president and the minority rights you have in the u.s. senate, that requires more than 60 votes to usually get things done, was very instrumental in making sure that the second term of george w. bush wasn't a runaway freight train. now, what is true and i think progressives are coming from is that president obama's first two years in office, there
take a listen to rachel maddow. >> wow, harry reid, yeah. this is the day everybody was looking forward to in terms of changing how the senate operate and if you hear sad trombones, that's why. after the months, years of promises this time he was going to do it. but hey. at least we'll be able to see them get nothing done faster now. >> all right. so i had a chance to talk with ed schultz in hi hour disappointed saying if it's up to mitch mcconnell he would have done this in a hot...
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congressional leaders from senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and harry reid and house speaker, john boehner. you have the highest negative ratings. the public is voicing frustration and nearly three quarters think congress is contributing to the problems in washington instead of working to solve them. 29% said that their own congressional representatives deserve to be reelected. that's the business anymore. 63% claim that they would give a new person a chance over their own member of congress. the highest percentage ever recorded on that question. half of folks we surveyed think there will be another government shut down. 28% don't think it's going to happen. that's how cynical the public has become. americans are frustrated. 40% say they are less confident about the health care law after what they have seen, heard, or read. they didn't tell them any specifics, just said what you know about it, how confident are they? this crisis is producing this entire mix of anger and frustration and despair and overall, just 22% believe the country is heading in the right direction. althoug
congressional leaders from senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and harry reid and house speaker, john boehner. you have the highest negative ratings. the public is voicing frustration and nearly three quarters think congress is contributing to the problems in washington instead of working to solve them. 29% said that their own congressional representatives deserve to be reelected. that's the business anymore. 63% claim that they would give a new person a chance over their own member of...
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harry reid is considering changing senate rules to he said filibusters on presidential nominations by requiring a simple majority vote. yesterday both barbara boxer and dianne feinstein joined a growing number in support of the option. >>> and an update on a story we first told you about yesterday. the event catch an illegal immigrant proposed at the university of texas at austin, this morning the u.t. chapter of the young conservatives has canceled the event. the chair says they were concerned about violating the school's honor code. >>> former president george w. bush paid a visit to the "tonight show" last night and he presented jay with a painted portrait of the talk show host. and remember the scare earlier this year with mr. bush's blocked artery? >> when the president had that heart scare, how scary was that? >> it was scary. it was very scary. >> i wasn't that scared. >> you had obama care some? >> bake sales, better beware. there is a food fight brewing in minnesota.some? >> bake sales, better beware. there is a food fight brewing in minnesota.ome? >> bake sales, better bewar
harry reid is considering changing senate rules to he said filibusters on presidential nominations by requiring a simple majority vote. yesterday both barbara boxer and dianne feinstein joined a growing number in support of the option. >>> and an update on a story we first told you about yesterday. the event catch an illegal immigrant proposed at the university of texas at austin, this morning the u.t. chapter of the young conservatives has canceled the event. the chair says they were...
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tucker carlson, the senate majority leader, harry reid attacked it on tuesday. >> everyone has to look at the source where it comes from. a source that has brought up a lot of non-issues. i've told you how i feel about the source of this stuff. and it's really, very very typical for the source. >> bill: now, all fair minded americans will presume that senator menendez is innocent until proven guilty of any allegations, but in general, exploiting children is the worst possible scenario for any politician, and the evidence shows that he did not disclose about the jet trips, but that's a trifle compared to the under age always. they held it back for some time. but now, the story has advanced far beyond the rumor stage, and as an american, i hope that he had nothing to do with exploiting children, i hope. fox's news hour with laura ingram, and how do you read this. >> well, if the allegations are true, he's going to have to step down. >> bill: he'll go to prison. >> yes, we're talking about politics for a moment. and harry reid, i understand that he wants to write off anything that the dai
tucker carlson, the senate majority leader, harry reid attacked it on tuesday. >> everyone has to look at the source where it comes from. a source that has brought up a lot of non-issues. i've told you how i feel about the source of this stuff. and it's really, very very typical for the source. >> bill: now, all fair minded americans will presume that senator menendez is innocent until proven guilty of any allegations, but in general, exploiting children is the worst possible...
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reid to bring that up in front of the senate, probably on the basis of unanimous consent, i think we'd give that funding to you in a matter of hours. i mean, would you be willing to work with congress to do just that? because it's essential. >> as i said, senator, i believe that there are many essential pieces to what we do. >> have you made -- have you made the point to the president how crucial it is to make sure that we maintain the sanctions and can enforce them against iran? have you made that point to the president? >> i think that everyone knows that it is essential that we enforce things with iran. i also believe it is essential that we make sure that israel's peace and security is affirmed through our budget. i also believe that it is essential that we can, in fact, talk with countries around the world about good governance and have credibility when we do so because our own system is working. so this is very complicated and i defer to the bipartisan ship up here to ultimately solve the problem. you know how better to get that done than i do. >> well, obviously we're at an impa
reid to bring that up in front of the senate, probably on the basis of unanimous consent, i think we'd give that funding to you in a matter of hours. i mean, would you be willing to work with congress to do just that? because it's essential. >> as i said, senator, i believe that there are many essential pieces to what we do. >> have you made -- have you made the point to the president how crucial it is to make sure that we maintain the sanctions and can enforce them against iran?...
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>> reporter: well, you know, harry reid was faced with a very fundamental question, martin. he could put on what is essentially an unpopular measure, dianne feinstein notwithstanding, and that's a renewal of the assault weapons ban. he could put it on that base bill and have it bring down the entire bill. under that circumstances, by harry reid's estimation, it has fewer, martin, fewer than 40 votes in support in the united states senate. you can't blame it all on ted cruz and his compatriots on the republican side. there are several democrats who don't favor a renewal of the assault weapons ban. you need 60 votes. harry reid told us with less than 40 votes in support, it would be filibustered, gun control wouldn't even get a debate and that's unacceptable to aefb in the wake of newtown, just three months passed. what's going to be on the floor in the base bill? this is why it's important. something that can pass with bipartisan support, there's a provision to crack down on straw purchasers and gun trafficking and a few other provision. that will be a starting point. the ass
>> reporter: well, you know, harry reid was faced with a very fundamental question, martin. he could put on what is essentially an unpopular measure, dianne feinstein notwithstanding, and that's a renewal of the assault weapons ban. he could put it on that base bill and have it bring down the entire bill. under that circumstances, by harry reid's estimation, it has fewer, martin, fewer than 40 votes in support in the united states senate. you can't blame it all on ted cruz and his...
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harry reid blocked it. here with analysis, karl rove. before we get to that i didn't know you had so many vacation days at the white house. so bush spent over, what, three years on vacation and eight years he was in office? >> i would start doing this, if i were you. picking out the steakhouse where austan goolsbee is going to buy you a nice steak. >> sean: i'm picking it out. >> in eight years george bush was in office for roughly 2,920 days. does austan goolsbee really think that president bush was on vacation one out of every three days? i have no idea how he gets it. >> sean: i found how he got it. okay? if bush was at camp david for an hour, well, that counts for 487 days. now, didn't he work at camp david, isn't that where you met after 9/11? >> yeah, well, the war cabinet met at camp david after 9/11, you bet. you mean if the president on friday afternoon or saturday morning goes up to camp david, that counts as a vacation day? i mean, that's a weekend. you count weekends as vacation days in in that case, president obama has spent
harry reid blocked it. here with analysis, karl rove. before we get to that i didn't know you had so many vacation days at the white house. so bush spent over, what, three years on vacation and eight years he was in office? >> i would start doing this, if i were you. picking out the steakhouse where austan goolsbee is going to buy you a nice steak. >> sean: i'm picking it out. >> in eight years george bush was in office for roughly 2,920 days. does austan goolsbee really think...
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political reports key democrats including harry reid and dick durbin worry that in an attempt to gain republican support, the bill has been too watered down. >>> senator cruz said unless key enforcement changes are made, it will not pass the house, but then again he's a senator and not in the house. disclosure of classified information about government surveillance programs sparking new calls for transparency, something the self-proclaimed leaker said he wanted all along. but now the justice department is preparing a criminal case against edward snowden, the former nsa employee who admitted to releasing the top secret documents. the 29-year-old who is sincely on the run could face charges of theft and even espionage. it's not just snowden under fire. congressman peter king says the journalist who published the information should also be punished. >> between they willingly knew that this was classified information, i think actuion should be taken. something on this magnitude, there is an obligation both moral and legal against the reporter disclosing something which would so severely c
political reports key democrats including harry reid and dick durbin worry that in an attempt to gain republican support, the bill has been too watered down. >>> senator cruz said unless key enforcement changes are made, it will not pass the house, but then again he's a senator and not in the house. disclosure of classified information about government surveillance programs sparking new calls for transparency, something the self-proclaimed leaker said he wanted all along. but now the...
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and harry reid the democratic leader says he doesn't want to do right now. this is in the house bill. there are changes in there. but house republicans want to do is pass their version of bill re-opening the government and extending the debt ceiling with their additions later today. and then this goes up to the senate and it would be up to the senate that they would strip out the provisions that they don't want. one other development that's happened in the last few minutes is that senate republicans were supposed to meet at the top of the hour, 11:00 a.m., they've now delayed that and they're waiting to have their regular weekly lunch at 12:30. perhaps part of that is they're trying to figure out the dance with the house republicans and try to figure out what the coreography will be after the house republicans will pass the bill later today. >> having said all of that, should we see this as a hopeful sign? we've got two days until we default. >> i think the answer so that will be yes, if. this is a big if. let's play this out. house republicans pass this bil
and harry reid the democratic leader says he doesn't want to do right now. this is in the house bill. there are changes in there. but house republicans want to do is pass their version of bill re-opening the government and extending the debt ceiling with their additions later today. and then this goes up to the senate and it would be up to the senate that they would strip out the provisions that they don't want. one other development that's happened in the last few minutes is that senate...
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you heard the reservation about harry reid. it's difficult to get it through the house of representatives. magazine clip size is already meeting resistance. they could expand background checks. but a new senator said she didn't agree with the policy. >> this is not discussed in the media. the reason they face problems is the democrats. he is going to push them with the arm twisting and favors and other things to encourage them to support him. that is the problem. the democrats are split. >> bret: remember when president george w. bush won re-election and he went to a news conference and he was going to expand capital to get social security reform through. he wants gun control through. can he do that much like president george w. bush promised to do with social security? president bush didn't. he ran in a brick wall. >> he said that he had political capital in the aftermath of this. there were discussions about the fiscal cliff. believing that they cited with him and not republican. this is imposed on him. this is because of the
you heard the reservation about harry reid. it's difficult to get it through the house of representatives. magazine clip size is already meeting resistance. they could expand background checks. but a new senator said she didn't agree with the policy. >> this is not discussed in the media. the reason they face problems is the democrats. he is going to push them with the arm twisting and favors and other things to encourage them to support him. that is the problem. the democrats are split....
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and harry reid, i understand that he wants to write off anything that the daily caller is saying, and they backed off everything said for the day, but basically, they're punching on anything said before senator menendez. when you're a public official and elected, six, seven weeks ago by the people of your state to represent them, you have to hold yourself out as someone worthy of the trust of the public. and the late payments for the jet trips not withstanding, he violated senate ethics rules by not reporting those as significant gifts, and that in and of itself is serious. >> bill: he took the trips in august of 2010, and reimbursed the government in january of 2013, after the daily caller exposed the story. >> what it reminds me of a little bit is what happened with the john edwards story. of course one publication, the national enquirer was covering it, and pretty much every stayed away from it, and poo pooed it, and a significant time later, the national inquirer was right and they had done good reporting. i don't know the background of the reporting on the daily caller, but there
and harry reid, i understand that he wants to write off anything that the daily caller is saying, and they backed off everything said for the day, but basically, they're punching on anything said before senator menendez. when you're a public official and elected, six, seven weeks ago by the people of your state to represent them, you have to hold yourself out as someone worthy of the trust of the public. and the late payments for the jet trips not withstanding, he violated senate ethics rules...
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i hope harry reid can hear you. michael tomasky always a pleasure to have you. you made me feel a little better. you really did. i didn't think it was possible. >> that's why i'm here. >> john: the one and only michael tomasky. thank you for coming on again. >> thanks a lot. >> the right wing has a new word word, fascism. unfortunately they think it >> john: stay speaker of the house john boehner said, quote wants to annihilate the g.o.p. okay, let's looook at some of the annihilateing annihilation barack obama was open to the idea of outlawing contraception. no wait, that wasn't obama. that was the republicans. my bad. well, barack obama embraced backwards ideas about immigration that turned off most latinos and voting block that is essential to any modern--no, actually that was wasn't obama. that was the republicans again. in the wake of horrible mass shootings, barack obama ruled out the idea of popular sane gun control and aligned himself with nra head wayne lapierre, whose sinister demeanor--my fault. that wasn't obama. that was the republicans. i know obam
i hope harry reid can hear you. michael tomasky always a pleasure to have you. you made me feel a little better. you really did. i didn't think it was possible. >> that's why i'm here. >> john: the one and only michael tomasky. thank you for coming on again. >> thanks a lot. >> the right wing has a new word word, fascism. unfortunately they think it >> john: stay speaker of the house john boehner said, quote wants to annihilate the g.o.p. okay, let's looook at some...
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majority leader harry reid indicated he may use the so- called nuclear option on votes scheduled later today. we want to get your take on the possibility of changing the filibuster. the numbers
majority leader harry reid indicated he may use the so- called nuclear option on votes scheduled later today. we want to get your take on the possibility of changing the filibuster. the numbers
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we should have swatted this bill away harry reid said. as soon as they passed it, they give him time. i don't want to shut down. the white house is trying to work on this enormous thing. the root cause of the problem is this is an incredibly partisan bill. we are dealing with that right now. i don't care. >> senator, let's go back to that. >> now you can talk. >> we ran an election, president obama versus mccain in 2008. obama won. we worked for 14 months to get bipartisan support and nine months until september 2009 where senator bacchus was working with senators grassley and others. we had one word from the republicans. yes. we weren't going to play. then we went it alone. we had a 2012 election on obama care. obama won. the country said over and over we are going to support the form. the republicans have never given an alternative that controls cost to everyone in the country. it improves quality. we have obama care and have the o fordable care act and it goes into law. what you are worried about is people are not going to like it. it
we should have swatted this bill away harry reid said. as soon as they passed it, they give him time. i don't want to shut down. the white house is trying to work on this enormous thing. the root cause of the problem is this is an incredibly partisan bill. we are dealing with that right now. i don't care. >> senator, let's go back to that. >> now you can talk. >> we ran an election, president obama versus mccain in 2008. obama won. we worked for 14 months to get bipartisan...
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>> as you mentioned in your opening, sequestration, democrats are pushing harry reid to get some kind of sequestration fixes. they want to change the budget control levels from the 2011 spending bill. >> will they? i'm going to ask an odd question. when you look at how this whole thing progressed from big reforms, defunding obama care and rolling back obama care for a year or so, all that seems to be off the table. maybe there's a little obama care stuff in there, maybe. we don't even know that. maybe the republicans would have been better off taking a clean bill, clean debt ceiling right away, clean continuing resolution right away. they sure didn't get what they thought they were going to get. >> senate republicans expect harry reid to back off these sequestration requests. reid knows that will not pass the republican house. what the offer is right now as it stands is an extension of the debt ceiling and a funding bill for the government into early 2014, plus a budget conference. this would be further tax talks and entitlement talks later this year. that would be required as part of
>> as you mentioned in your opening, sequestration, democrats are pushing harry reid to get some kind of sequestration fixes. they want to change the budget control levels from the 2011 spending bill. >> will they? i'm going to ask an odd question. when you look at how this whole thing progressed from big reforms, defunding obama care and rolling back obama care for a year or so, all that seems to be off the table. maybe there's a little obama care stuff in there, maybe. we don't...